Localization of new peptidoglycan at poles in Bacillus mycoides, a member of the Bacillus cereus group

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 194, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 887-892

  Turchi, Luana ^a   Santini, Tiziana ^a   Beccari, Elena ^a   Di Franco, Carmen ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

B. cereus group; B. mycoides; Cell poles; Cell wall; Peptidoglycan; Vancomycin staining

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RAMOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; CELL POLE; CELL SEPARATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

BACILLUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; CELL WALL; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; STAINING AND LABELING; VANCOMYCIN;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84867577711     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: 1432072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-012-0830-1     Document Type: Article

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